Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1921, Page 15

DENIES BERLINGOLD FINANCED SOVIET Karl Radek, Bolshevik Writer, | Tells of Historic Return : of Lenin. RIGA, Latvia, December b.—Karl Radek, the bolshevik writer and prop- agandist, has published an article in the Moscow Pravada's edition cele- brating the fourth anniversary of the Lenin revolution, in which Radek de- nies the widely circulated story that the bolshevik revolution in Russia ced by German sold. rticle is devoted to a de- of~ the hi arn of ption koiai through the | spring of 1917, ion of the German governn was the beginuing of the revolution and of hdrawal from the war. erts that Lenin and his issary to s wit ick the German mir asking free pas: who wanted to return to Ri apsist that during their passage the German government should not attempi to enter into communication with them. Aprecd to Conditions. “On our side,” Rad erted, “we promised to do_eve r light- enir e positic ers of war in Russia pedite the re “After a little the German government agreed to our conditions Of course, it was quite clear to us that the ¢ ment intended to specula . reckoning that art Rus we would work for pe ut this con- Jecture interested us very little, for { we knew that if in Russia the revolu- tion too! an turn, then its influence r beyond tihe confines of Russi The pa had an es- cort of G nd when halted at r: ns, seeret agents surrounded it man soldiers and ot D the Ger- Received 300 irener. The returning emigrants were Tilarious that Lenin had to take over Secutive authority and bring about Bome order. One so attempt e par for pead 2de, he d ion in behalf of the The bolshevik ed to deal w party tien Ra German government. Radek refu Seatg : was fizuring in all of French patriots as German gold funds sup- piled for the Russian revolution.” RUSSIA ABSORRS GERAN SOLDES 5,000 Who Crossed Border| Regarded Powerful Factor as Trade Scouts. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, December 2 £and German soldie cers of high rank, Russia shortly after t either absorbed in —Five thou crossed i and were | ttempls to carry to empipoyment in t are trade scout; red ho are being count- ed on to form a powerful factor in| the parleys which must follow estab- lishment of stable commercial rela- tions. Scores of Germans are emploved by the Ru: government in technical capacities, and others are living with the soviets a t the day they resume the big prospective commes clal fight which would follow of govern or a recogni- exs Men Turn to Russia. men_in Germany are in it s that much rich food it’s so reliable. than an hour.” WATER Radek be- | many of them! the soviet ruie. i jto i “My family feels under the weather after their two-day holiday.” “Minewould have—butwe all took alittle Pluto Water this morning. I think it’s an excellent idea—one’s system is so apt to be upset by too We always keep Pluto on hand— And it acts in less Bottled at French Lick Springs, Ind. Your physician prescribes it. PLUTO When nature wont PLUTO awill stabilization of the government and exploitation of the resources of that eountry will help save central Europe from an economic chaos which many profess to believe lies only a few months ahead. Hugo Stinnes, the most powerful financial figure in Germany, whose pre-war Interests in Russia were ex- tensive, holds German industrial- ists must deal with Russla to save themselves and possibly the old world from industrial stagnation. director general of ral Electric Com- ast fnvestments in the Germ hi st some agreement with the ns for the operation of the v's properties there. Rathennu Shares Stinnes® Views. Walter Rathenau, nominal head of ors of the German mpany, {s report views of Stinnes ar armany cannot much advan- Deutsch that longer neglect her Russlan tages. German ¥ the lion’s the conclusion of peace and they have dealt on a basis. Thousands of tons of merchandise have been s nto the soviet country, but of Russian ratlroad in the winter hit the a hard blow, and forced | them to store many trainloads of goods on the northwest frontiers. anufacturers have had Germans | RUSSIANS DEVISING ALL KINDS OF TAXES {Every Method Being Tried in Efforts to Meet Cost of Government. By the Associated Press. )SCOW, December 2.—The soviet government is devising all sorts of taxes in an effort to meet its expenses. and charging for everything which used to be free. A state bank has been ned to facilitate foreign trade. nge will be handled. De- will be accepted and interest d on them. Loans will also be made. The capital of the bank is 000,000,600,060 rubies and thg total ue of paper money to date is said to be 5.750.000.000.000 Tubles. The ruble continues to fall and the s government and public alike are serambling all the time for fore n's offer to recoz- Chiche: oreign debts if the nize the pr | entente pow a recognition had no stabilizing ef- t on bolshevist money. Bread Price Still Rising. an Relief Administration he announcement be establisi ization to supl < sent from abroad not checked the rising of bread and economists say it ontinue to rise until the nex famine will be far e next spring than it is now. lear that the soviet govern capitalism as rap its com- fts support. er leaders frankly adr that this is being done after stor f manufactured ar- and financial resources have They also say the =z made merely to get a I for another attack on {change is by | breathing | world cap 2 i Threat Ringing in Ears. | With this threat ringing in his ears, {the American or British business man {who is in Moscow trying to establish ations does not have negotiations. e v much h far fore mitted to they rent uses conducte il and telegrams ttached to some s through the : ho A foreign compani - its _export trade failure to et foreigners to o ¥ n ind v in the Donet as organized 20 re: ! works and will try to run | the atd of loans from the S hipping in_the on_less active than in the Baltic all craft have taken flvers in the import and export trade, but the turn- | over has been almost negligible. RUN THREE DAYS A WEEX. GTON, IlL, December 27.— Alton shops here be overated but three dayvs a until further notice, according bulletin posted hera. Approx- tely 1.500 men will be affected. cal officials refused te comment on order. and excitement. JSmerica’s ysic has endeavored recently to{ re of Russian trade since | It is reducing the number of employes | Black sea has been | ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, some have three. Frequently the ani- mal sheds are built against the houses for warmth, Many of the stables are at the back end of long vegetable gardens, which yielded few potatoes and cabbages thie year be- cause of the drought. The stables are chiefly deserted. There is no forage, no grain for the animals which have survived up to this time on the dry stubble which soon will be under several feet of snow. Russia_doesn't have blizzards such as are known in America. In late October or early November the snows begin, and continue gently nearly every day until the earth Is cov- ered to a depth of three or four feet. This winter will not bring its cus- tomary round of winter sports and recreatlons. There are no horses to draw the trolkas and jingle the bells which ordinarily enliven Russian SOVIET RULE LACKS ELEMENTS OF CHEER Tartar Villagers, Starving, in No Mood for Celebrating Anniversary. LUDOGOVKA, Tartar Republic, No- vember 18.—The fourth anniversary of the establishment of the soviet re- [ Nighwaye through the short days and i long nights of frost. {public in Russla found this peasant| The home of Iv. {village of 600 people in no mood for |is typical of the lcelebrating. Foodless and cheerless, | = = the starving population could have no heart for any sort of jubilation, even {1f 1t knew what the political maneu- ivers at Moscow mean. Like most |Russian peasants, the unhappy folks {of Ludogovka have neither the learn- ing nor the will to study politics. Bread, wood and warm clothing are their three desires. They haven't enough of any of these. Winter has laid its first heavy coat- ing of snow on the flat prairies, and the peasants have started, grim-faced, on their endurance test to see how many can survive the six months of cold end privation. Many of the younger children have been deemed so completely underfed by the doctors in the employ of the American Rellef Administration that they will be glven one good hot meal a day. = Typical Peasant Village. Ludogovka 13'a typlcal peasant vil- lage of the poorer class. It is sixty miles from Kazan and many miles Why Not Disarmament Now? Read “The Isolation Plan” By Wililam . Biymyer 52 ne¢ The Cornhi'l Publishing Co. Boston 666 will break a Cold, Fever and we know, preventing pneumeonia. Let Cuticura Be Grippe quicker than anything| 1 en houses visited by the correspon- dent. Petroff is a farmer, as practi- cally all the villagers are. He has the use of several dissiatines of land, more than he was able to cultivate because of lack of animals and seed. He had once been a sturdy giant, over six feet tall. But his ragged trousers show his legs have shrunk- en to mere bones and his scraggly beard cannot conceal the emaciation and sallowness of his face. His wife is lying 111, above a large masonry sixteen stands listlessly and gapes at the strangers. A little girl of eight, who Is getting the American meals, and twe others, slightly older, were not designated for the foreign food, stand near thelr mother. The furnishings of the room are almost nil. It has the smell of pov- tention, get in touch with from the Volga and rallway com- munication. Unpainted log houses are red along a main street. 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